Tatchell Mortlake Set

These were mostly taken from, or near to, Mortlake signalbox or the adjacent railway cottage. Most are dated June 1914. Electrification was authorised in 1913 and some conductor rail was installed by 1914. Electric operation through Mortlake, on the Waterloo - Waterloo services via Kingston and via Hounslow and the Shepperton branch, started in Jan - Feb 1916.

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Photo taken from the vegetable plot East of the cottage. T1 0-4-4T 6 (Nine Elms 1894) leaving Mortlake on a Waterloo - Waterloo train via Hounslow and Twickenham. Train comprises a 30 ft 6-wheel passenger brake van and 48/50 ft non-corridor bogie coaches. A main line stopping train set is probably standing in for bogie block sets whilst these are being rebuilt as electric units. Conductor rails in place.

Photo taken from the signalbox. Drummond 700 class 0-6-0 at Mortlake station on an up special train. First coach is a 46? 6? corridor third or composite built in 1908 for emigrant traffic. The headcode suggests that the train is going to Willesden via Gunnersbury. If so, it should have turned left at Richmond. Conductor rails in place.

Photo taken from the signalbox. Drummond M7 0-4-4T 674 (Nine Elms 1897) at Mortlake station on a Windsor - Waterloo train, consisting of a 24 ft parcels van and a single 4-coach bogie block set. Train standing well back from the platform end, on a rainy day. Conductor rails not yet installed.

Photo taken from the signalbox. Adams 415 class 4-4-2T 523 (D?bs 2112 of 1885) at Mortlake ona Windsor - Waterloo train with a 48 ft bogie luggage van followed by a bogie block set. The loco is well to left of centre of the photo, which shows the footbridge and steps, also the up starting signal, with co-acting arms. Conductor rails not yet installed.

Photo taken from the signalbox. Mortlake station, showing the footbridge and both platforms. In the distance, an Adams A12 class Jubilee 0-4-2 is arriving on a Windsor - Waterloo train. Conductor rails in place.

Photo taken from the garden of the railway cottage, with the wall of the cottage filling the left edge of the photo. Shows Mortlake station footbridge, level crossing, up starting signal and adjacent shops. Adams 415 class 4-4-2T 519 (D?bs 2108 0f 1885) is standing in the station on a Windsor - Waterloo train of bogie block stock. Conductor rail in place.